GameOn Adds Real-Time Game Stats to Sports Group Chat

The big game is about to start, but your friends aren't there to watch it with you. That's a bummer, but you can still talk about what that professional athlete should have done with the newly released GameOn for iPhone.

The big game is about to start, but your friends aren't there to watch it with you. That's a bummer, but you can still talk about what that professional athlete should have done with the newly released GameOn for iPhone. This app lets you get together with up to 10 friends in a chatroom with integrated real time scores and information about the game. Just in time for the World Cup in Brazil.

You can see upcoming games in GameOn and create a group chat attached to any of them. Everything is private, so only those who you invite will be able to see your chatroom. It's a bit like Whatsapp or one of the similar messaging apps, but this one has a specific purpose. As you banter about what's going on in the game, score updates are automatically pushed to the chat along with notifications of in-game events.

The app's interface looks clean, but there's no native iPad UI yet. GameOn comes with a variety of stickers that can be sent instead of typing out your taunts. I'm a little surprised there aren't more sticker packs for sale, which is a pretty common upsell these days. GameOn is completely free, so it's probably worth checking out if you can get your friends to install it.

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